The second contact event had become a drawn-out affair, but that was not necessarily bad to Ves. Taking it slow was safer than rushing forward. The risks of offending the other side due to cultural misunderstandings were too great!
Taking it step by step did not prevent the human visitors from violating any taboos, but it would be easy to take a step back and minimize any controversies that might occur.
As the ongoing talks between Venerable Tusa and the king fish had stalled, Ves had finally chosen to go forward at this time.
He grew nervous. He was well aware of the potential firepower the starship-sized king fish could unleash. This biological wonder was one of the more powerful individual entities that he had met in his life.
Ves had made the calculations and compared them to the estimated damage resistance capabilities of the Everchanger.
